PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 (NNN-AKP) – Another newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin has been spotted, bringing the number of newborn dolphins in Cambodia to two so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a news release, yesterday.
The new calf was spotted on Friday, at a dolphin pool in north-east Stung Treng province’s Siem Bouk district, by a research team of the Fisheries Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
“This newborn dolphin was seen swimming alongside a pod of eight other adult dolphins,” the news release said. “It is the second baby dolphin born in 2025.”
The first one was discovered at the same pool on Thursday.
According to the news release, last year, the country recorded a total of nine newborn dolphin calves, with four deaths.
The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins have been listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species since 2004.
The news release said, it is estimated that there are 105 Irrawaddy dolphin populations, living along a 180-km main channel of the Mekong River, in north-east Stung Treng and Kratie provinces.– NNN-AKP
